Meanings
adjectivepostural (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to posture.
- informalnot comparablemedicineUndergoing a sharp drop in blood pressure when changing posture between lying, sitting, and standing.
1 more example
Postural is a shorthand way of referring to a patient whose blood pressure drops significantly when the patient goes from lying down to sitting up or standing. It's a sign the patient is either dehydrated or has lost of a lot of blood. If a patient is postural, it usually means something serious is going on that needs urgent intervention.
2008, Richard Sheff, Hey, Doc! Are You Listening to Your Heart? (page 233)
Origin
- Englishposture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpostural
Translations
Dutch houdings-
- houdings-relating to posture
French postural
- posturalrelating to posture
German (gehoben) postural, Haltungs- [med.]
- (gehoben) posturalrelating to posture
- Haltungs- [med.]relating to posture
Italian posturale
- posturalerelating to posture
Portuguese postural
- posturalrelating to posture
Spanish postural
- posturalrelating to posture
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
postural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postural
MLA
“postural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postural. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postural,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postural.
Source: postural on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.